The only time I’ll ever pay attention to cricket…

Sure, cricket is a weird sport that nobody understands. I’m not sure that cricket players themselves even know all the bizarre rules. And sure, it’s pretty much the opposite of NFL football in the gametime excitement department. But for Afghans who don’t have much and who continue to deal with an ongoing, exhausting war – this story about their rising in the cricket world to qualify for cricket’s World Cup is, as the author puts it, “stunning”.

This will mark the first time I will ever follow a cricket tournament of any kind. I will follow this tournament even though the only way I’ll know if Afghanistan has beaten India in Game 1 is if someone clearly states “Afghanistan won”. And I will follow this tournament even though the game, which is scheduled for May 1st, may not end until May 4th. Go Afghanistan!

What blows my mind the most is whoever actually came up with the idea and all the rules.. Probably one drunk night where they came up with a bunch of random **** and the next day they remained dedicated to their idea.

Imagine the roar of laughter after the one guy suggested the sweater vests. But the rule stuck as did every other loony idea they came up with that night like “let’s have the games last an indefinite amount of time until the more assertive of the two teams declares itself the winner”.